A hilarious writer who started off at age 12 with This Can’t Be Happening At McDonald Hall, Gordon Korman has since branched out to other genres, including his excellent and popular series’ Everest, Dive, and Island. Korman has written over 85 books and sold over 17 million copies. He joined Jonathon to discuss the life of a best-selling children's author.

Acclaimed author Kit Pearson joins Jonathon Van Maren on The Bridgehead for the second installment in our Children's Literature series. Author of novels like A Handful of Time, Awake and Dreaming, and The Sky is Falling, Pearson produces literature of a rare quality. In this interview, she explains how.

For the first in our Christmas season literature series, Jonathon Van Maren chats with award-winning Canadian author Jean Little on children's literature, writing, and how her life translates into her writing.

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Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times best-selling author--but in Christian circles, he is known as the son of the great theologian Francis Schaeffer. After his father died, Franky Schaeffer turned on the Christian Right and has spent much of his career since then repudiating what he once advocated. He joined Jonathon to discuss his past, his present, and his views on almost everything.

Veteran journalist and author Ted Byfield sits down with Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the state of the culture, the history of Christianity, and how we got here. With guest appearances from Preston Manning and Jason Kenney!

Jonathon Van Maren talks with Hyeonseo Lee, who grew up in North Korea and witnessed public executions as a child. She recently wrote "The Girl With Seven Names," and discusses what it was like to grow up and live in the world's most notorious and totalitarian state.

Jonathon Van Maren and Peter Hitchens discuss modern sex education--where it came from, and what the secular left intends to do with it.

When the genocide began in Rwanda in 1994, most foreigners fled the country. Missionary Carl Wilkens was the only American who refused to leave the country, remaining in Rwanda for the entire duration of the genocide. He joined Jonathon to talk about what he saw.

Jeannie Smith is a Holocaust lecturer and daughter of the Holocaust Rescuer Irene Opdyke. She joined Jonathon to discuss her mother’s life and legacy.

Barbara Winton is the daughter of Holocaust Rescuer Sir Nicholas Winton author of the book “It’s Not Impossible: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton.” She joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss her father’s life and legacy.